Les lions de Saint-Michel - Limoges, Limousin
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N 45° 49.826 E 001° 15.429
31T E 364636 N 5076684
Les lions de Saint-Michel / Lions of Saint-Michel
Waymark Code: WMXTRE
Location: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Date Posted: 02/26/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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FRANCAIS

L'église Saint-Michel-des-Lions, une des principales églises de Limoges, tiens son nom deux lions gallo-romains de pierre qui gardent son entrée. Ils proviendraient de Saint-Maurice-des-lions, en Charente limousine où se trouve un autre exemplaire.

Comme le dit Prosper Mérimée dans "Notes d’un voyage en Auvergne et dans le Limousin" : A l’entrée d’un petit parvis qui précède le portail Sud, on a placé plusieurs lions en granit très grossièrement sculptés et qui semblent fort anciens. On dit qu’ils proviennent de l’ancienne église de Saint-Michel ou de celle de Saint-Martial. Ce qu’il y a de certain, c’est qu’ils sont forts antérieurs à l’église actuelle. Un autre lion, qui faisait pendant aux premiers sans doute, se trouve encastré dans un mur à l’angle d’une rue voisine de Saint-Michel.

ENGLISH

The church of Saint-Michel-des-Lions, one of the main churches of Limoges, takes its name from the two Gallo-Roman stone lions that guard its entrance. They come from Saint-Maurice-des-lions, Limousin Charente where there is another copy.

As Prosper Mérimée says in "Notes of a trip to Auvergne and Limousin": At the entrance of a small forecourt which precedes the South gate, several granite lions were placed very roughly carved and seem very old. They say they come from the old church of Saint-Michel or that of Saint-Martial. What is certain is that they are strong prior to the present church. Another lion, which was probably the first one, is embedded in a wall at the corner of a street near Saint-Michel.

Physical Address:
Place Saint-Michel
Limoges,
87000


Web Site: Not listed

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